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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33 through 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 30: Naturally Evolved Institutions, Mamet writes that liberals want to make the world fair by giving what to those with less ability or who are perceived to have been disadvantaged by society?
(a) Gold.
(b) An advantage.
(c) Money.
(d) Free education.

2. Roughly when did the Cold War begin?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1972.

3. What refers to the area of the nation's economy under private rather than governmental control?
(a) Religious sector.
(b) Private sector.
(c) Military sector.
(d) Eduacation sector.

4. What economist makes the observation that aid to a developing country actually impedes that development in Chapter 6: The Music Man?
(a) Wilhelm Röpke.
(b) Dambisa Moyo.
(c) Paul Krugman.
(d) Carl Menger.

5. The main effects of the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford in history were the rise of the Republican Party over what party?
(a) The Whig Party.
(b) The Torey Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The Green Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet, the United Nations destroyed the image of America by identifying the nation as what?

2. When was Nevil Shute born?

3. What does Mamet claim the political impulse originated from in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?

4. What concept stands on the side of the street sweeper and urges him to ask for more on payday since he gets far less than a physician, according to Mamet in Chapter 32: The Street Sweeper and the Surgeon, or Marxism Examined?

5. In Chapter 13: Maxwell Street, Mamet claims that the Socialist vision of society, of taking care of the weak and downtrodden, only serves to do what?

(see the answer key)

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